Chapter 54 (1/2)

“They are a kind of extremely developed biological civilization… They call themselves Zergs. They possess unparalleled power and colonies. This race has only one goal: evolution. They travel in the universe, looking for planets with creatures possessing great powers, defeating them, and gaining their power to evolve themselves…”

Having returned to the joint command post, the spectacled woman gave a report before the upper brass. At this moment, the spectacled woman had already lost her former vigor, instead, a depressed look had taken over. Although Mylune had only shown the tip of Zerg’s history, just this flashing fragment was enough to terrify her and cause her to shudder.

“…”

The joint command center sunk into silence upon hearing the spectacled woman’s report. No one could utter a single word. Although they had been psychologically prepared for a long time, they still didn’t expect these terrible monsters to be so cruel. After a while, the old man heading the meeting broke the silence with some difficulty.

“Then… It… That Zerg, why did it tell you this? Are they going to declare war on the humans!?”

“No…”

In response to the old man’s question, the spectacled woman smiled and shook her head, a strange expression on her face.

“Maybe you can’t believe it, but… in fact, in the eyes of the other party, we humans are not worth mentioning. We as individuals don’t have any strength, nor do we have any unique ability. In those Zergs’ eyes, we are nothing more than roadside pebbles. In their eyes, we are completely worthless. Their only goal here is the alien monsters fighting us.”

Having said this, a complicated smile even appeared on the spectacled woman’s face.

“Ironically, because we humans are worthless in their eyes, they aren’t aiming for us… If we had any special power or powerful ability, then these Zergs would have tried their best to occupy our planet, devour our genes, and evolve… This is a civilization that is completely different from us humans and from anything we could have possibly expected. They are strong, terrifying, and dangerous.”

“…”

Everyone in the room bit their lips and clenched their fists upon hearing the spectacled woman’s words. At the end of the day, each and every one of them was human, no matter which country they belonged to and what their race was. Originally, these people believed that after so many years of evolution, after having mastered such advanced technology and civilization, and after having begun to explore space, they had the qualifications to talk to the aliens even if their level of civilization was lagging behind the aliens. But now, they finally understood that the things they were proud of were of no value at all. As far as the aliens were concerned, the humans themselves were worthless!”

What made everyone laugh was that it was precisely because they were worthless that they had escaped the extermination by Zergs. Otherwise, mankind would have completely gone extinct by now!

Thinking about this, a complicated feeling grasped everyone’s heart; they didn’t know what to say. After a long time, the old man heaved a long sigh and said.

“Thanks for your hard work…you can go and rest.”

“Yes…”

The spectacled woman and Wang Dong also didn’t have anything to say at this moment. They nodded and left at once. In fact, they were also a little depressed. Although the humans had been losing ground while fighting mimics, at least those mimics weren’t invincible. Humans could inflict damage on the mimics as long as the firepower was great enough. Therefore, they still had confidence. Even if there was a gap between theirs and the alien civilization, it wasn’t that particularly large. And if they could recover the wreckage of those mimics for research, they might be able to launch higher technology, driving those monsters out of Earth in one fell swoop.

After all, Earth was the home of mankind. They were the masters of this beautiful planet.

But the Zergs that had appeared out of the blue had given them a cold slap, waking them up from their dreams. They didn’t care if Earth belonged to humans at all because as far as they were concerned, the humans were as worthless as the ants. Would anyone even care if the land belonged to an ant?

The upper brass was feeling extremely complicated. On one hand, they were feeling lucky that they weren’t the target of the Zergs, and on the other, they felt humiliated and angry because, in the eyes of the other party, they weren’t even worthy enough to be their target!

However, these people’s brains were still working. Since the Zergs had declared that they weren’t interested in them, they were also not willing to provoke the other party. After all, according to the spectacled woman, the Zergs that had appeared on Earth were just the vanguard. Their goal was to swallow the mimics’ genes and evolve into a higher life form. According to the Zerg Queen, they would leave immediately after achieving their goal because the planet was too barren for the Zergs that they even lacked any interest in conquering it.

In this kind of situation, the humans would only provoke the Zergs when they were full. Since the other party wasn’t interested in them, the possibility of the next series of exchanges had disappeared.

However, this tone would come out someday. So, the reporter who broke into the Zergs’ territory without authorization had to bear the target on its back. The joint command not only attributed the reason that the humans and the Zergs could not communicate on this damn reporter, but had also sent them to the military court for a trial because they had violated the military wartime law. Poor Dino, as a reporter, lacked the protagonist’s aura. So naturally, he couldn’t escape. He and his two helpers were sentenced to death by the military court. Then, they were immediately finished off with a gun.

And Dino got his wish and left a mark in human history. Of course, the joint command could not directly tell the public that, ‘Those Zergs weren’t interested in communicating with us at all because we are as worthless as waste in their opinion.’ Therefore, Dino’s unauthorized intrusion into the Zergs’ territory was regarded as a provocation to the alien civilization by the opposite party. And thus, the communication channel with the humans was closed and they had warned the humans to not disturb them again… Well, someday if someone asked why they hadn’t seized the opportunity to communicate with these alien visitors, this excuse would be good enough.

Besides, the joint command’s excuse sounded very reasonable because the death-seeking Dino had started a global live broadcast at that time. So, many people knew that this reporter was gutsy enough to actually break into the aliens’ territory, seeking his own death. Although many people applauded him, many more people were worried that this maniac might cause a disaster. As such, the news released by the joint command had caused an uproar throughout the world.

This was the first chance for the humans to peacefully communicate with an alien civilization and it was all going to be taken away by this goddamn maniac!